]]>In a regulatory filing made Wednesday, Toyota President Akio Toyoda made ¥352 million ($2.84 million USD) in total 2014 compensation. Toyoda’s 2014 payout is split between his standard ¥103 million ($830,000) salary and a bonus of ¥249 million ($2 million), Reuters reports. The 2014 bonus is nearly double the ¥127 million ($1.02 million) paid in […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/06/toyotas-akio-toyoda-banked-2-84m-in-2014/feed/261099217Renault-Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn Banks $16M In 2014http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/06/renault-nissans-carlos-ghosn-banks-16m-in-2014/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/06/renault-nissans-carlos-ghosn-banks-16m-in-2014/#commentsTue, 23 Jun 2015 16:00:52 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1097801Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn did well for himself in 2014, banking around $16 million in compensation compared to the salaries of other automotive CEOs. Breaking down the numbers, Nissan paid Ghosn ¥1.035 billion ($8.39 million USD) during 2014, Reuters says, up 4 percent from what he made in 2013. On the Renault side, Ghosn took […]

]]>Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn did well for himself in 2014, banking around $16 million in compensation compared to the salaries of other automotive CEOs. Breaking down the numbers, Nissan paid Ghosn ¥1.035 billion ($8.39 million USD) during 2014, Reuters says, up 4 percent from what he made in 2013. On the Renault side, Ghosn took […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/06/renault-nissans-carlos-ghosn-banks-16m-in-2014/feed/31097801Toyoda: Recalls Changed Thinking On Safety, Customer Focushttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/03/toyoda-recalls-changed-thinking-on-safety-customer-focus/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/03/toyoda-recalls-changed-thinking-on-safety-customer-focus/#commentsFri, 21 Mar 2014 12:15:46 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=776833One day after Toyota agreed to pay a record $1.2 billion in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department resolving a criminal probe into the automaker’s handling of a recall involving unintentional acceleration in its vehicles, president Akio Toyoda proclaimed the recalls changed Toyota for the better. Automotive News reports Toyoda, speaking before the Japan […]

]]>One day after Toyota agreed to pay a record $1.2 billion in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department resolving a criminal probe into the automaker’s handling of a recall involving unintentional acceleration in its vehicles, president Akio Toyoda proclaimed the recalls changed Toyota for the better. Automotive News reports Toyoda, speaking before the Japan […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/03/toyoda-recalls-changed-thinking-on-safety-customer-focus/feed/30776833Akio Toyoda Sees Emerging Markets’ Growth Slowing, Uncertainties in China, Japanhttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/01/akio-toyoda-sees-emerging-markets-growth-slowing-uncertainties-in-china-japan/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/01/akio-toyoda-sees-emerging-markets-growth-slowing-uncertainties-in-china-japan/#commentsThu, 02 Jan 2014 13:00:58 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=691122Bloomberg is reporting that Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp. and scion of its founding family said that a slowdown in emerging markets and uncertainty over demand in both China and the Japanese home market makes 2014 “unpredictable”. While the weaker yen increased earnings for Japanese exporters, those profits are being offset by slowing demand […]

]]>Bloomberg is reporting that Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp. and scion of its founding family said that a slowdown in emerging markets and uncertainty over demand in both China and the Japanese home market makes 2014 “unpredictable”. While the weaker yen increased earnings for Japanese exporters, those profits are being offset by slowing demand […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/01/akio-toyoda-sees-emerging-markets-growth-slowing-uncertainties-in-china-japan/feed/12691122Reader’s Rides: It’s Good To Be Akio Toyodahttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/05/readers-rides-its-good-to-be-akio-toyoda/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/05/readers-rides-its-good-to-be-akio-toyoda/#commentsWed, 16 May 2012 14:59:53 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=444639Today, I happened to be at Toyota’s Tokyo headquarters in order to personally get to the bottom of numbers nobody seems to care about. There was a minor riot in the usually zen-like lobby of 1-4-18 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku. TTAC was there to investigate … Toyota employees, who usually pass the cars on display in the […]

]]>Today, I happened to be at Toyota’s Tokyo headquarters in order to personally get to the bottom of numbers nobody seems to care about. There was a minor riot in the usually zen-like lobby of 1-4-18 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku. TTAC was there to investigate … Toyota employees, who usually pass the cars on display in the […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/05/readers-rides-its-good-to-be-akio-toyoda/feed/13444639Akio Toyoda Personally Introduces The 2012 Camryhttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/07/akio-toyoda-personally-introduces-the-2012-camry/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/07/akio-toyoda-personally-introduces-the-2012-camry/#commentsFri, 01 Jul 2011 19:17:29 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=401329OK, so Toyoda-san didn’t so much introduce the new Camry as introduce its headlight. The good news is that the headlight looks like progress. The bad news is that most Americans were probably a bit distracted by the video’s spare production values and Mr Toyoda’s somewhat awkward demeanor (to protect you from your own hypocrisy, […]

]]>OK, so Toyoda-san didn’t so much introduce the new Camry as introduce its headlight. The good news is that the headlight looks like progress. The bad news is that most Americans were probably a bit distracted by the video’s spare production values and Mr Toyoda’s somewhat awkward demeanor (to protect you from your own hypocrisy, […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/07/akio-toyoda-personally-introduces-the-2012-camry/feed/44401329Rough Day At Toyotahttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/04/rough-day-at-toyota/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/04/rough-day-at-toyota/#commentsTue, 06 Apr 2010 11:26:52 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=351613Last evening, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood declared he’d be seeking the maximum penalty from Toyota. That’s $16.4m, because “they knowingly hid a dangerous defect for months from U.S. officials and did not take action to protect millions of drivers and their families.” That’s the largest civil penalty the U.S. Department of Transportation has ever […]

]]>Last evening, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood declared he’d be seeking the maximum penalty from Toyota. That’s $16.4m, because “they knowingly hid a dangerous defect for months from U.S. officials and did not take action to protect millions of drivers and their families.” That’s the largest civil penalty the U.S. Department of Transportation has ever […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/04/rough-day-at-toyota/feed/64351613Toyota Loses Face In Japan. Or Nothttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/03/toyota-loses-face-in-japan-or-not/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/03/toyota-loses-face-in-japan-or-not/#commentsMon, 15 Mar 2010 09:12:40 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=348953Toyota sales back home in Japan have yet to show a sign of suffering (they were up 49.9 percent in February while the Japanese market rose 35.1 percent.) However, Toyota’s reputation is taking a hit in the Land of the Rising Sun, says The Nikkei [sub]. Depends on how you look at it: 40 percent […]

]]>Toyota sales back home in Japan have yet to show a sign of suffering (they were up 49.9 percent in February while the Japanese market rose 35.1 percent.) However, Toyota’s reputation is taking a hit in the Land of the Rising Sun, says The Nikkei [sub]. Depends on how you look at it: 40 percent […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/03/toyota-loses-face-in-japan-or-not/feed/1348953The Eternal Quest To Explain The Unknownhttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/the-eternal-quest-to-explain-the-unknown/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/the-eternal-quest-to-explain-the-unknown/#commentsSun, 28 Feb 2010 13:26:26 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=346918A quiet Sunday. Time to fire up Google and put in “Toyota AND [cause OR reason].” We come up with ample explanations why Toyota is not called Toyoda. Or why Peiping turned into Peking, and then into Beijing. What about the causes of sudden acceleration? Let’s see what we find. (If you have other things […]

]]>A quiet Sunday. Time to fire up Google and put in “Toyota AND [cause OR reason].” We come up with ample explanations why Toyota is not called Toyoda. Or why Peiping turned into Peking, and then into Beijing. What about the causes of sudden acceleration? Let’s see what we find. (If you have other things […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/the-eternal-quest-to-explain-the-unknown/feed/15346918An Interrogation – Tales Of Terror From Toyota City Volume 3http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/an-interrogation-%e2%80%93-tales-of-terror-from-toyota-city-volume-3/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/an-interrogation-%e2%80%93-tales-of-terror-from-toyota-city-volume-3/#commentsFri, 26 Feb 2010 11:57:53 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=346782No politician worthy of your vote will pass up on the chance of publicly bashing the heads of foreign corporate types with deep pockets. And so, the Senate will convene its Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation next Tuesday. They will repeat this week’s grilling until perfectly good Kobe steak is well done and reduced […]

]]>No politician worthy of your vote will pass up on the chance of publicly bashing the heads of foreign corporate types with deep pockets. And so, the Senate will convene its Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation next Tuesday. They will repeat this week’s grilling until perfectly good Kobe steak is well done and reduced […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/an-interrogation-%e2%80%93-tales-of-terror-from-toyota-city-volume-3/feed/17346782Jim Press Phones Homehttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/jim-press-phones-home/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/jim-press-phones-home/#commentsThu, 25 Feb 2010 15:47:31 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=346693It’s not likely that former Toyota exec Jim Press wishes he had been called down to congress instead of Jim Lentz, but he may just be trying to angle for a return his old company. Press took time out of his busy schedule of job-hunting and worrying about taxes to write an (apparently unsolicited) email […]

]]>It’s not likely that former Toyota exec Jim Press wishes he had been called down to congress instead of Jim Lentz, but he may just be trying to angle for a return his old company. Press took time out of his busy schedule of job-hunting and worrying about taxes to write an (apparently unsolicited) email […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/jim-press-phones-home/feed/4346693Akio Toyoda’s Prepared Statementhttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/akio-toyodas-prepared-statement/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/akio-toyodas-prepared-statement/#commentsTue, 23 Feb 2010 17:57:38 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=346421Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda will give the following prepared statement in his testimony before the House Oversight Committee tomorrow [via WOKV]. Thank you Chairman Towns. I am Akio Toyoda of Toyota Motor Corporation. I would first like to state that I love cars as much as anyone, and I love Toyota as much as anyone. […]

]]>Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda will give the following prepared statement in his testimony before the House Oversight Committee tomorrow [via WOKV]. Thank you Chairman Towns. I am Akio Toyoda of Toyota Motor Corporation. I would first like to state that I love cars as much as anyone, and I love Toyota as much as anyone. […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/akio-toyodas-prepared-statement/feed/15346421Leaked Toyota Documents Ensure Feisty Congressional Hearingshttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/leaked-toyota-documents-ensure-feisty-congressional-hearings/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/leaked-toyota-documents-ensure-feisty-congressional-hearings/#commentsMon, 22 Feb 2010 14:54:34 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=346233Ah, political spectacle. When Detroit’s CEOs took the stand at congressional hearings over a year ago, the main browbeating bullet point wasn’t the decades of mismanagement and greed, but the fact that Messrs. Wagoner, Mullaly and Nardelli had taken separate corporate jets to the festivities. The lesson: convenient focal points for anger always trump the […]

]]>Ah, political spectacle. When Detroit’s CEOs took the stand at congressional hearings over a year ago, the main browbeating bullet point wasn’t the decades of mismanagement and greed, but the fact that Messrs. Wagoner, Mullaly and Nardelli had taken separate corporate jets to the festivities. The lesson: convenient focal points for anger always trump the […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/leaked-toyota-documents-ensure-feisty-congressional-hearings/feed/23346233Quote Of The Day: Or Else… Editionhttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/quote-of-the-day-or-else-edition/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/quote-of-the-day-or-else-edition/#commentsThu, 18 Feb 2010 22:09:32 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=346009There is widespread public concern regarding reports of sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota motor vehicles. There appears to be growing public confusion regarding which vehicles may be affected and how people should respond. In short, the public is unsure as to what exactly the problem is, whether it is safe to drive their cars, or […]

]]>There is widespread public concern regarding reports of sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota motor vehicles. There appears to be growing public confusion regarding which vehicles may be affected and how people should respond. In short, the public is unsure as to what exactly the problem is, whether it is safe to drive their cars, or […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/quote-of-the-day-or-else-edition/feed/19346009Akio Toyoda Getting Ready For A DC Grillinghttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/akio-toyoda-getting-ready-for-a-dc-grilling/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/akio-toyoda-getting-ready-for-a-dc-grilling/#commentsWed, 10 Feb 2010 21:25:02 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=344958Toyota’s president Akio Toyoda was already getting ready to “visit the United States over massive recalls of its vehicles,” reported the Nikkei [sub]. Japan’s transport minister Seiji Maehara told U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos that Toyoda would be dispatched to DC. There, he would be ready to “explain the recall problems to the U.S. […]

]]>Toyota’s president Akio Toyoda was already getting ready to “visit the United States over massive recalls of its vehicles,” reported the Nikkei [sub]. Japan’s transport minister Seiji Maehara told U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos that Toyoda would be dispatched to DC. There, he would be ready to “explain the recall problems to the U.S. […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/akio-toyoda-getting-ready-for-a-dc-grilling/feed/12344958Prius Recall, Or Not? Toyota, A Mass Producer Of Confusionhttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/prius-recall-or-not-toyota-a-mass-producer-of-confusion/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/prius-recall-or-not-toyota-a-mass-producer-of-confusion/#commentsSun, 07 Feb 2010 12:44:31 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=344518After piles of books have been written about the „Toyota Way,“ this round of recalls will have a permanent place in the annals of how to completely NSFW-up crisis management. The epicenter of the disaster at Toyota is not in the pedal dept., it is not in the software development dept., it is in the […]

]]>After piles of books have been written about the „Toyota Way,“ this round of recalls will have a permanent place in the annals of how to completely NSFW-up crisis management. The epicenter of the disaster at Toyota is not in the pedal dept., it is not in the software development dept., it is in the […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/prius-recall-or-not-toyota-a-mass-producer-of-confusion/feed/66344518Toyota’s Prez. Meets Press Over Prius, Says Nothinghttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/toyota%e2%80%99s-prez-meets-press-over-prius-says-nothing/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/toyota%e2%80%99s-prez-meets-press-over-prius-says-nothing/#commentsFri, 05 Feb 2010 13:58:47 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=344315Oy, will they get slaughtered for that: So Toyota Prez. Akio Toyoda met the press late in the Japanese evening in Nagoya. And what did he say? Basically nothing. He said he “ordered swift action” to get a grip on the reported brake problems of the (in Japan) wildly popular Prius hybrid. But he didn’t […]

]]>Oy, will they get slaughtered for that: So Toyota Prez. Akio Toyoda met the press late in the Japanese evening in Nagoya. And what did he say? Basically nothing. He said he “ordered swift action” to get a grip on the reported brake problems of the (in Japan) wildly popular Prius hybrid. But he didn’t […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/toyota%e2%80%99s-prez-meets-press-over-prius-says-nothing/feed/28344315Toyota CEO Apologizes. Or Nothttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/01/toyota-ceo-apologizes-or-not/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/01/toyota-ceo-apologizes-or-not/#commentsSat, 30 Jan 2010 12:52:15 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=343503When a Japanese company NFSWs up in a big way, it is customary that the CEO says “honto ni moshiwake arimasen” (“I am deeply, seriously sorry”) in front of running cameras, takes a very deep bow and exits stage left, not to be seen or heard of anymore while someone else takes his job . […]

]]>When a Japanese company NFSWs up in a big way, it is customary that the CEO says “honto ni moshiwake arimasen” (“I am deeply, seriously sorry”) in front of running cameras, takes a very deep bow and exits stage left, not to be seen or heard of anymore while someone else takes his job . […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/01/toyota-ceo-apologizes-or-not/feed/41343503Quote Of The Day: Toyoda and The Splendid Flavorhttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2009/11/quote-of-the-day-toyoda-and-the-splendid-flavor/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2009/11/quote-of-the-day-toyoda-and-the-splendid-flavor/#commentsWed, 18 Nov 2009 23:07:54 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=336079Cars are not a mere means of mobility. They respond to the driver’s will; they turn, speed up, slow down. Naturally, there’s a need for excitement…Of course, eco-friendly cars are a prerequisite for the future, but there must be more than that. Morizo cannot afford to lose. I will tackle the challenge of creating a […]

]]>Cars are not a mere means of mobility. They respond to the driver’s will; they turn, speed up, slow down. Naturally, there’s a need for excitement…Of course, eco-friendly cars are a prerequisite for the future, but there must be more than that. Morizo cannot afford to lose. I will tackle the challenge of creating a […]